"Many come to the mountains for the very purpose of escaping from bondage. There are ropes enough in civilization. It seems one of the gravest faults of civilized life that uniformity prevents separate development. The body politic, though at best like a family or composite plant, is beaten into a kind of paste and constantly stirred, thus rendering perfect crystallization of individual character difficult or next to impossible; one is developed only in a special direction like a tree that receives sunshine only on one side."
The Contemplative John Muir, p. 211
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